Results tagged “European Championships”

Andy Turner had a golden year in 2010 but he knows his biggest tests will come over the next 12 months or so.

Turner, 30, won the European and Commonwealth 110m hurdles titles last year and now has his sights set on World Championship success in Daegu next month, followed by Olympic glory in London next year.

She's a rising star of British athletics but her sporting promise was recognised a long time ago in Canary Wharf.

European championship medallist Perri Shakes Drayton was Canary Wharf sports personality of the year in 2005, and she was back at One Canada Square last night to help launch the 2010 Sports Awards.

He might have been Britain's golden hero at the European Championships but Mo Farah has already got "back to business".

The 27-year-old Newham & Essex Beagles runner stormed to victory in both the 5,000m and 10,000m in Barcelona earlier this month, but he is already plotting his next medal-winning campaign.

Newham's Olympic 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu has been left out of Britain's European Championships squad.

Ohuruogu has struggled with a thigh injury and missed the trials in Birmingham, but fellow Newham & Essex Beagles athletes Mo Farah, Lee Merrien and Chris Tomlinson will be competing in Barcelona from July 27.

It might be international week but West Ham winger Junior Stanislas is glad he won't be getting any time off.

The 19-year-old will be putting his pace to good use with Stuart Pearce's England under-21 squad, who have a European Championship qualifier against Portugal at Wembley on Saturday.